India, Sept. 20 -- Activists Shrishti Khanna and Prashant Pundir have alleged that Mumbai police got the screening of a documentary on Umar Khalid, a former JNU students' union leader arrested in 2020 in connection with the Delhi riots case, cancelled after raiding the venue where it was to be held.

In a post on Instagram, Khanna said they were were supposed to screen "Prisoner No. 626710 Is Present" in solidarity with Khalid and Sharjeel Imam, also in jail since 2020, here on September 19.

"Mumbai Police has crossed all levels of cowardice! They have raided our original venue for the Umar Khalid screening as well, which had already been cancelled for us due to fear.

"For context, they threatened the venue manager of our final venue ye...